Fundamentals of Hearing
An Introduction
- 5th Edition - November 6, 2006
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Author: William A. Yost
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 0 7 0 9 - 5
The fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Fundamentals of Hearing… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory, anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Fundamentals of Hearing is one of only a few textbooks that covers all of hearing at an introductory level.
A meaningful introduction to hearing for students and a wealth of data and facts related to hearing for the professional.
A meaningful introduction to hearing for students and a wealth of data and facts related to hearing for the professional.
*Heavily illustrated with over 200 figures
*Each chapter concludes with a Supplement section with additional resources about topics covered
*Appendices provide background information to enable full comprehension of content
*Contains a complete Glossary of terms from the American Standards Institute, a combined subject/author index, and a comprehensive bibliography
*Each chapter concludes with a Supplement section with additional resources about topics covered
*Appendices provide background information to enable full comprehension of content
*Contains a complete Glossary of terms from the American Standards Institute, a combined subject/author index, and a comprehensive bibliography
Written at an introductory level, and requiring a minimal background in math and science, this book is intended for students in fields concerned with sensory systems, perception, the nervous system, human and animal communication, and speech and hearing sciences and disorders. The book assumes student has no college background in physics or chemistry and knows math at the level of algebra and geometry. The book will also assist any professional in the field of hearing in finding key facts and data about the auditory system. Professionals would include speech pathologists, language disorder specialists, cognitive psychologists, linguists, neuroscientists, music perception scholars, audio engineers, ethologists, and sensory biologists.
Preface
1. The World We Hear, An Introduction
I. The Auditory Stimulus: Sound
2. Sinusoids, The Basic Sound
3. Sound Transmission and Sound Propagation
4. Complex Sounds
5. Sound Analysis
II. Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology
6. The Outer and Middle Ears
7. Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response
8. Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells
9. The Neural Response and the Auditory Code
III. Auditory Sensation
10. Auditory Sensitivity
11. Masking
12. Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing
13. Loudness and Pitch
IV. Auditory Perception, the Central Nervous System, and Auditory Disorders
14. Auditory Perception
15. The Central Auditory Nervous System
16. The Abnormal Auditory System
Appendix A: Sinusoids and Trigonometry
Appendix B: Logarithms
Appendix C: Fourier Analysis
Appendix D: Psychophysics
Appendix E: Neural Anatomy and Physiology
Appendix F: Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing
Terms, Measurements, Equations, and Conversions
Anatomical and Physiological Measurements
Abbreviations and Symbols Used in the Text
References (Primary, Secondary, Standards)
Subject Index and Glossary
1. The World We Hear, An Introduction
I. The Auditory Stimulus: Sound
2. Sinusoids, The Basic Sound
3. Sound Transmission and Sound Propagation
4. Complex Sounds
5. Sound Analysis
II. Peripheral Auditory Anatomy and Physiology
6. The Outer and Middle Ears
7. Structure of the Inner Ear and Its Mechanical Response
8. Peripheral Auditory Nervous System and Hair Cells
9. The Neural Response and the Auditory Code
III. Auditory Sensation
10. Auditory Sensitivity
11. Masking
12. Sound Localization and Binaural Hearing
13. Loudness and Pitch
IV. Auditory Perception, the Central Nervous System, and Auditory Disorders
14. Auditory Perception
15. The Central Auditory Nervous System
16. The Abnormal Auditory System
Appendix A: Sinusoids and Trigonometry
Appendix B: Logarithms
Appendix C: Fourier Analysis
Appendix D: Psychophysics
Appendix E: Neural Anatomy and Physiology
Appendix F: Techniques and Tools Used to Study Hearing
Terms, Measurements, Equations, and Conversions
Anatomical and Physiological Measurements
Abbreviations and Symbols Used in the Text
References (Primary, Secondary, Standards)
Subject Index and Glossary
- Edition: 5
- Published: November 6, 2006
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
- eBook ISBN: 9780080507095
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William A. Yost
William A. Yost is Professor of Hearing Sciences, Adjunct Professor of Psychology, and Adjunct Professor of Otolaryngology at Loyola University Chicago. He is also director of the Parmly Institute and the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Minor.
Affiliations and expertise
Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.